Issue: 17Volume: 34 Date: 29.10.2014 Pages: 4

Grand Weekend Family Dinner – with Annets'

Talent show and Dinner hosted by Pharmacy

friends of Midtown at Hotel Grand Maurya.

First Day , First show HAPPY NEW YEAR

at DRC on 28th Oct

at 7.05pm.

ROTARY MIDTOWN BEST INDUSTRIALIST AWARDAnd the award goes to….

Mr. Abhilash Nair

Mr. Abhilash Nair, Chairman and managing director of Zeus Biotech Pvt. Ltd was

born on 30th Aug, 1979 to Mr. Jay Prakash Nair and Mrs. Indira Nair. He is a business Management graduate.

His company Zeus Biotech, was started by Mr. Jayparakash Nair in 1991

to manufacture and sell Animal feed supplements. He brought in innovative concepts to the animal feed industry in India. They were the first to launch feed specific enzymes in the Indian poultry industry. Also, they were the first Indian company to produce and export Feed specific Enzymes as against the standard practice of competitors who used to import and sell Industrial Enzymes in India.

Mr. Abhilash Nair started working with his father in the year

2000 as soon as completed his graduation. However, he was already involved in the business when he was doing his graduation. He used to involve himself in the production activities during holidays and long vacations.

Initially, he was put in the production department for a few years before he was exposed to various other departments like purchases, accounts and marketing. This gave him a good experience in most of the aspects in the functioning of the organisation. This is a common practice followed in most family run businesses.

He took over father's responsibilities when his health deteriorated drastically due to a stroke followed by renal failure five years ago. At this point of time, his colleagues gave him immense support which helped in the gradual change in company leadership. However, he says he will never be able to fill the vacuum what his father left. But he is confident that they will surely realise his father's dream of making Zeus one of the top players in the global animal health-care industry.

He is happily married to Mrs. Chaitra Nair and the couple has 2 lovely children –daughter Ananya Nair and son Arav Nair

Award will be presented by

Mr. Arjun M. Ranga, Partner, NR Group.

Mr. Arjun Ranga is the Partner of Mysore-based NR Group and mainly

responsible for the eponymous 'Cycle Pure Agarbathies', the world's largest incense stick brand. He is the third generation business visionary who has successfully sustained NR Group's market leadership by initiating bold business and marketing strategies.

His enterprising and innovative skill sets have helped Cycle Pure Agarbathies achieve growth figures that are rarely seen in mature FMCG categories. He is also responsible for engineering a major thrust in NR Group's export business, which won them the EPCH (Exports Promotion Council for Handicrafts) Exports Gold Awards. Arjun is currently steering the organization to newer growth paths by sustaining the 'Cycle'

leadership and at the same time diverging in to other fragrance domains.

Arjun plays a hands-on role in employee development and engagement, and believes that people are at the core of an organization. His ability to energize and inspire people around him is one of the reasons for consistent business growth and very low attrition at the NR Group. He strongly believes in ethical, collaborative and value-based growth. His belief system is inspired by his grandfather and founder of NR Group, Shri N. Ranga Rao. Arjun holds an engineering degree from SJCE, Mysore and an MBA from Thunderbird, USA, with specialization in marketing and strategy. He also worked as a consultant at a chemical market research firm CMR Inc, USA and returned to India to join the family business. He managed a variety of assignments before taking over the reins of Cycle Pure Agarbathies in 2005. He is also serves as the Managing Committee Member of the All India Agarbathi Manufacturers Association.

A multi-faceted personality, Arjun's other passions include photography, golf and tennis.

M.D., Zeus Biotech Pvt.

MEETING WITH MS NIRMALA SITARAMAN:

The union minister visited Bengaluru on 20th Oct on her official visit to address the grievances of Coffee trade. We got an out of turn opportunity to meet her at Hotel Lalit Ashok.

She invited us for lunch after her engagements and gave us the opportunity to talk to her in leisure post lunch in the lobby of her room. I took the opportunity to take up two significant issues related to my field. I highlighted the difficulties of Mfg sector in the country and few important obstacles to be cleared in order to achieve our PM's dream project 'Make in India'. Further as a corollary i discussed with her on the banking sector support required to meet the objectives. On behalf of Mfg sector i appealed to her to consider extending CGTS scheme (Credit Guarantee to Bankers from the Govt) to entire MSME sector with suitable checks and balances. Further i presented a paper giving details on this aspect.

Overall it was a wonderful 45 minutes spent with a Minister who is articulate, responsive and down to earth, eager to serve the Nation. I thank my sister Shakuntala Iyer for organizing this meeting and the photo opp.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FROM UTTISHTA BHARATA

The organization involves young volunteers carrying the message of PM of India to grass root levels and spreading awareness on various govt initiatives. Realizing the challenges involved in implementing 'Make in India' project and drive the entrepreneurial spirit amongst the youth of the country, the group is organizing several programs.

Midtowners in news... In one such program i was one of the panellists in Bangalore to address a group of would be entrepreneurs. I spoke on basic info/knowledge required by a would be entrepreneur apart from the idea. A well organized and attended program, gave me a lot of satisfaction on sharing my thoughts. - SBC

YADAVS WITH NIGHTINGALE

“Abhinava Events in association with Dhatri Publications & Apoorva Creations had organised a felicitation programme & Musical Nite to the living Legend, 'Nightingale of South India' Dr S Janaki who has sung more than 40000 songs in 17 different languages. Sooru Estates were the Principal Sponsor for this memorable programme & Mr Ashok Yadav, MD, Sooru Estates & Mrs Roopa Yadav were felicitated by Dr S Janaki “

RTN. RAGHU AT AUTOMATIVE AXLES

Rtn. Raghu. M. S. presented NLP during Skill competition-2014, which was organized by CII at Automotive Axles ltd, Mysore on 19th, Oct 14

HISTORY ROTARY MIDTOWN BEST INDUSTRIALIST AWARDThe programme was started in the year 1997-

98 under C M Subramanian and began with honouring the first recipients of ISO 9000,The first awardees were BEML, NESTLE INDIA and TRIVENI ENGINEERING. The very next year there were more than 100 ISO 9000 certifications issued and the club dropped the programme. Thereafter the emphasis shifted to BEST INDUSTRIALIST.

The awardees were:1. MGM Industries : Muralidhar Bhagwat2. Software Paradigm : Sid Mukherjee3. Vinyas : N.narendra 4. Scanray Technologies : Alva 5. Excel Par Electronics : Narayan6. Shaswathi Plastics : Venugopal

KALAAKARON KA KALAAKAR ANNETS

All our talented annets were eagerly waiting for this weekend where they could showcase their talents. The meeting began with the protocol of formalities . Our club known for their fellowship had induction of a new member Mr. Veeresh Kumar by Rtn .Nandakumar and a classy introduction by Rtn Bhaskar.Sitaaron ke saath ek haseen shaam began with a medley of latest hindi hits by annet Anusha Vishwanath with her loud ,clear and melodious voice followed by our style king annet Pratham dancing for lungi dance. Out of the blue dance fom Rtn. Gopal's

grandson for a b o l l y w o o d number was well a p p r e c i a t e d . Then came the smart and bold a n n e t S a a n v i with her mind cracking riddles followed by our mu l t i t a l en ted

muddu krishna Pranav with a beautiful flute recital. The soft, barbie doll annet Prerana sang a folk song melodiously followed by todays youth craze to tap our feet to the mild and timid guitarist singer shall i say? that was annet Anusha Gangesh. New annets were motivated and danced away with our style king, not to miss our bhale-jodi munna bhai-circuit alias Pranav and Pratham with their dhamaka + pataka = Rotarians alias pataka which had the hall in laughter. The M.C.s for the day Rtn Narendra babu and Rtn Kumaranna were really good in their first attempt

itself. They had takeaway gifts for each annet and surprise gift coupons for members. We always thought our pharmacists gave mainly medicines only but the dinner that followed was sumptuous and too good . Our special thanks to the wonderful hosts Rtn.Harish, Rtn.Narendra Babu, Rtn. Kumaranna, Rtn. Chandragupta Jain and Rtn. Rajesh. We ladies had a great evening guppa chupping after a long time in rotary. - Sudha Vishwanath

Innerwheel Exclusive

All India Farmers Empowering Workshop was held recently under the aegis CSIR -800 at CFTRI campus recently. Dr. Renu Agarwal, Chief Scientist, Food MIcrobiology, was the programmes Coordinator

The 3rd general body meeting was held on 8th October at Hotel Tomatino, the hosts being Geetha Krishna, Anupama, Jabeen and

Nagaveni .The theme was DASARA. New members Komala & Ashwini were introduced to the club. The hosts conducted a written quiz based on Mysore. ISO Prabha conducted an oral quiz based on the messages sent. Prizes were distributed for both the quizzes. 29 members attended the meeting. A sumptuous lunch was arranged.

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FgÀĽî Bomb - Rtn. Ravi moms

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Flower pot - Rtn. Sunanda Patra1000 wala - Rtn. Raghu Mom10,000 wala - Rtn. BhanuchandranHydrogen Bomb - Rtn. ChanduSingle Sound - Rtn. RamkiDouble Sound - Rtn. Vishwa & Umesh Rtn. Venki & RaghavendraTriple Sound - Rtn. Alagappan, Sundar & RamkiRocket (International) - Rtn. SundarChota Packet Bada Dhamaka - Rtn. PrahladNewly Introducing Motte Pataki - Rtn. Venki

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CLUB ASSEMBLY

by AG Rtn. JayaprakashDate : 05.11.2014 Time : 6.30pm

Venue : RCL Hall, J.L.B. Road

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